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• The Paladin’s Purpose by KirbyThings for LordBKS302

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Kirby (Video Games)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • F/M
  • Complete Work

  23 Jun 2024

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler
  • (mentioned) - Relationship
  • Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
  • (also mentioned) - Relationship
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Meta Knight
  • The Meta-Knights
  • Kirby (Kirby)
  • Holly Wheeler
  • Nancy Wheeler
  • Nightmare | eNeMeE
  • Sword Knight (Kirby)
  • Blade Knight (Kirby)
  • Trauma
  • Self-Worth Issues
  • Mike’s an insecure boi
  • He’ll learn eventually that he doesn’t need to be a badass for El to love him
  • But that time is not yet…
  • sword fights
  • Meta Knight is awesome
  • Mike is pride-starved
  • He needs a dad
  • and he needs it bad
  • Kirby is scared of Nancy lol
  • Holly is sweet!
  • Nightmare is the devil on Kirby’s nonexistent shoulder
  • Nightmares
  • Alcohol jokes
  • Meta Knight has no chill
  • Lyrics in the beginning can’t quite fully fit but
  • I had to shout them out considering they were a major inspiration for this
  • This is so fucking long it really shouldn’t be a one shot but
  • Training Montages
  • Meta Knight’s humor is as dry as his “cooking”

  Summary

  Mike has never felt like he's enough for El, or for anybody, for that matter. He's supposed to be the Paladin, the Party's leader, the one who protects them, and yet the love of his life is the one always putting herself in harm's way. Mike wants to learn to fight beside her, instead of hide behind her. He wants to become stronger. Luckily for him, a certain masked knight may be able to help with that endeavor...

  Series

  • Part 6 of Heroes Across The Stars

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  19,109

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

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  Kudos:

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  Bookmarks:

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